Description: Sustainable Landscape Management : Design, Construction and Maintenance, Hardcover by Cook, Thomas W.; VanDerZanden, Ann-Marie, ISBN 0470480939, ISBN-13 9780470480939, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Cook (horticulture, Oregon State U.) and VanDerZanden (horticulture, Iowa State U.) offer a timely guide for those in the landscape industry to sustainable landscape management strategies, from design to execution to maintenance. They focus on commercial landscape management, although principles are applicable to residential properties, and review literature on the sustainability movement. They then discuss different factors involved in designing functional, low-maintenance, and cost-effective landscapes; approaches to enhance sustainability; the construction process and materials selection; retrofitting existing landscapes; the ecosystem context; sustainable soils; environmental concerns like nutrient and pesticide runoff, leaching, and the impact of pesticides on humans and other organisms; trees, shrubs, beds, and lawns; and pest management. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Sustainable Landscape Management : Design, Construction and Maint
Author: Cook, Thomas W.; VanDerZanden, Ann-Marie
Language: english
